Focuses on a Mother's Day Symposium hosted by the Association for Research on Mothering, which was held May 6, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario. Topics of panels and presentations; Autonomy of pregnant women; Session on multiple mothering identities; Connections between women as poets and artists.

The article presents information on various events and workshops that will be held in November 2004, organised by Association For Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS). Various topics that will be covered in the events are: "Teenagers' Update Course" on November 8 in London, 2004,...

Focuses on Web sites that offer surrogacy for gay couples in the U.S. Views of the owner of the Surrogate Mothers Online on surrogacy; Features of a site being run by the InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination; Reasons behind the effectiveness of the Internet as a good...

The article reports on the activities of Washington D.C.-based White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA). WRA is designed to bring together individuals, organizations and communities to increase awareness on the high rate of maternal mortality worldwide. It outlines on the significance of...

The article reports that cinematographer Tami Reiker--recipient of Women in Film's Kodak Vision Award for her achievements in Cinematography--has spent the last year balancing the demands of an active, ascendant career with raising a toddler as a single mom. Her friends and professional...

Focuses on the response of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the Human Fertilization and Embryology report by the Committee of Inquiry. Recognition of the BMA on the licensing authority regulating research and infertility services; Opposition of the BMA on surrogate motherhood.

In this column, the support for advancing normal birth is summarized, based on a comparison of the goals of Healthy People 2010, Lamaze International, the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, and the midwifery model of care. Research abstracts are presented to provide evidence that the...

The article offers information on the press release issued by the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Service (AIMS) regarding the reports that babies were taken into social custody for adoption in Great Britain. According to AIM, health visitors were often instructed to give parents a...